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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 21 April 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 16
  3. 23
  4. 28
  5. 34
  6. 51

Jackpot$5,500,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025draw 205 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-04-18All recent draws2016-04-23 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:44 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed9 16 23 28 34 5129 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 204 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 April 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

84oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 84 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 99% of every possible ticket.

  • sum52th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

917times
1637times
2321times
2817times
34

Prize breakdown · 2016-04-21

  • Lines in play≈ 539kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$166.9Kto 75k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$20.5K
  • Match 324%$39.3K
  • Match 239%$64.8K
  • 6 other tiers25%$42.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

22times
5127times

Every number was expected about that many times after 204 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (16, 23, 34) with the draw of 18 April 2016 — its closest relative in 204 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 April 2016): 16, 23, 34 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

161

The numbers add up to 161 — the 52th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

51 had not appeared for 16 draws. A number waits about 9 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 51% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,500,000
  • Match 53≈ 7.3 by chance$4,903
  • Match 4451≈ 411 by chance$45.50
  • Match 37,862≈ 8.0k by chance$5.00
  • Match 264,751≈ 65k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,138
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot37$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot283$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot965$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,029$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈539k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,862 winners, 2% fewer than the 8.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,500,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 53$4,903
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,138
    Match 4451$45.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot37$125
    Match 37,862$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot283$25.00
    Match 264,751$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot965$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,029$5.00
    Totals0—